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<p></p>
  Creates an instance of the specified class. Sets initial properties, and calls specified methods.
  
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   A set of methods to call once the object has been created and
   properties have been initialized.</div>
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   The initial values to pass to the properties of the
   newly-instantiated object.</div>
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   The class that will be instantiated.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#InstanceFactory()">InstanceFactory</a>(targetClass:Class, properties:Object = null, methods:Object = null)</div>
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   Constructor.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#createInstance()">createInstance</a>():Object</div>
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   Creates a new instance of the target class and initializes it.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#restoreInstance()">restoreInstance</a>(instance:Object):void</div>
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   Initializes an object with the properties and methods.</div>
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<code>methods:Object</code>&nbsp;&nbsp;[read-write]<p>
   A set of methods to call once the object has been created and
   properties have been initialized. Format is a set of key-value pairs
   where the key is the name of the method and the value is an Array
   of parameter values.
   
   </p><p>Example: <code>{ load: [ "image.gif" ] }</code></p>
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<code>properties:Object</code>&nbsp;&nbsp;[read-write]<p>
   The initial values to pass to the properties of the
   newly-instantiated object.
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<code>targetClass:Class</code>&nbsp;&nbsp;[read-write]<p>
   The class that will be instantiated.
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<code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public function get targetClass():Class</code>
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<code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public function set targetClass(value:Class):void</code>
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<code>public function InstanceFactory(targetClass:Class, properties:Object = null, methods:Object = null)</code><p>
   Constructor.
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<td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">properties</span>:Object</code> (default = <code>null</code>)<code></code></td>
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<code>public function createInstance():Object</code><p>
   Creates a new instance of the target class and initializes it.
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<code>public function restoreInstance(instance:Object):void</code><p>
   Initializes an object with the properties and methods. The object
   must be an instance of the <code>targetClass</code> property, or
   this method will throw an <code>ArgumentError</code>.
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